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Disney is always looking for new stories or unique takes on their old ones!

That's why they just announced they will be making a live-action feature film entitled Cruella based on the villain Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians!

Though a live-action interpretation isn't exactly new — since Glenn Close famously played the character in the 1996 remake — creating a story centered around her is a bit of a different take. Plus, Close is an executive producer on the new flick!

This seems to follow in the footsteps of the 2014 Disney movie Maleficent, which starred Angelina Jolie and was centered around Sleeping Beauty's main villain!

But these aren't the ONLY Disney animated classics that are getting a live-action reboot as the company is actually planning to remake several of their films!

If characters in a movie are risking their lungs by smoking, a new study has found that the producers are risking their profits!

According to research from the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, movies that have featured smoking cigarettes in the last ten years made LESS in the Box Office compared to movies without the unhealthy habit.

Researchers analyzed 1,232 movies released in the U.S. that were among the top 10 grossing films for at least one week between 2002 and 2010. After controlling for factors like total budget and film rating, the researchers found that smoking was associated with 13% less money made in ticket sales.

Stanton Glantz, the lead researcher who is using the findings to advocate an automatic 'R' rating for any movie featuring smoking, said: